Garment-supporter.



PATENTED DEC. 29, 1903.

C. E. HAWKES.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1901.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

I GARMEN T-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,069, dated December 29, 1903.

Application filed August 2, 1901. SerialNo. 70.568. (No model-l T0 alZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HAWKES, a

citizen of the United States, residing in thesuspending-piece designed to be attached to.

the suspenders and worn beneath the shirt. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the outer suspending-piece adapted to be detachably attached to the waistband of the trousers. Fig. 3 is a front view of the outer suspendingpiece. Fig. 4 is a view of said outer piece, showing the same in an unfolded position illustrating the preferred form for facilitating manufacture. Fig. 5 is an assembly view in perspective, showing the manner of attaching the parts. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional View showing the manner of assembling the parts. Fig. 7 is also a transverse view and shows the manner of assembling the parts when the trousers-button is on the outside of the waistband.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

a. represents the inner suspending-piece, which is made, preferably, of metal and is provided with a tongue or hook I) for attachment to the suspenders 0. At the lower extremity of said piece a is the slot d. Said slot 01 is wider at its upper extremity than at its lower extremity in order to freely receive the head or button e, formed on the outer suspending-piece). The lower extremity of said slot dis narrow enough to retain the button e and prevent the withdrawal of the same when the parts a and f are attached together.

In the preferred form of manufacture the part f consists of a single piece of sheet metal, as shown extended in Fig. 4:. This piece when folded in the middle forms a clip, on

outer piecef is formed in such a manner that the two leaves thereof are at a-distance apart sufficient to receive the button on the waistband of the trousers or to receive the waistband itself in case the button is secured on the outside of the trousers.

The manner of operating the device is as follows: The tongue I) of the inner suspending-piece a is hooked into the loop of the suspenders o. The fabric 2' of the shirt is then brought into proximity with the piece 0, against the outer face of the latter. The head e of the outer piece f, which is on the outer side of the shirt, is then inserted into the slot and f the fabric thereof is forced through said slot 01 by said button c. When said button, with its fabric, is forced down into the lower extremity of the slot d, said button is prevented from being withdrawn, and the two parts a and fare therefore firmly con nected. It is evident from the above description that the said inner and outer piecesa and f, respectively, stay permanently attached one to the other unless purposely detached, and herein lies one of the important advantages of my invention, for it is not necessary to change the location of the outer piece e when it is desired to disconnect the suspenders and inner piece a from the trousers that is to say, when a suitable position has been determined for the outer piece f upon the shirtt' the trousers may be attached and detached without disturbing said outer piece f.

The trousers h are supported upon the outer piece f by passing the neck or stitching of the buttoninto the slot g. The button j will then be retained in said piece f, thereby support ing the said trousers. My device is applicableto trousers having the button either upon the outer or inner side of the waistband.

In Fig. 6 the method of attachment is il1ustrated wherein the buttonjis upon the inner side of the waistband h. In this instance the button j occupies a position between the two leaves of the outer piece f, and said piece f is practicallyinvisible from the outer side of the waistband.

Fig. 7 illustrates the assemblage of the parts when the trousers-button j is upon the outer side of the waistband. Inthis latter instance the waistband h is inserted between the two leaves of the outer piece f, the button j occupying a position outside of the piece f. In the position last described much of the exposed surface of the outer piece f is hidden by said button.

Although I have described my invention in connection with garments for mens wear, I do not desire to be limited to the particular form of device herein shown, for it is within my comprehension and intention that my device may be used in connection with womens garments.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In agarment-supporter, the combination of a part adapted to be suspended inside of the shirt, and a second outer part having means for engaging said inner part through the fabric of the shirt,said inner and outer parts permanently maintaining their connection, and said outer part having means for detachable attachment to the garment to be supported whereby the attaching and detaching is effected through the agency of parts outside of the shirt and within the sight and touch of the manipulator.

2. In a garment-supporter, the combination of a part adapted to be suspended inside of the shirt, a second part adapted to permanently engage said inner part through the fabric of the shirt, and a device upon the waistband of the supported garment, said second part having means for detachable attachment to said waistband device, whereby connection and disconnection between the supporter and the supported garment maybe made between parts outside of the shirt, thereby avoiding the necessity of finding the parts located inside of the shirt.

3. In agarment-supporter, the combination of an inner part adapted to be attached to suspenders; a second part located outside of the shirt, one of said parts having a head and the other of said parts having a socket for permanently retaining said head, said outer part having means for detachably engaging a supporting device fastened to the Waistband of the garment to be supported.

4. In agarment-supporter, the combination of an inner part adapted to be attached to a supporting device such as suspenders; an outer part adapted to be detachably attached to the waistband of the garment to be supported; a head upon said outer part; and a socket in said inner part for receiving and permanently retaining the head on said outer part whereby the attaching and detaching in the regular use of the device takes place between the parts outside of the shirt.

5. In agarment-supporter, the combination of an inner part, means for suspending the same, an outer part constituting a clip formed of two approximately parallel leaves, a head or button formed upon one of said leaves, a socket in said inner part for receiving said head or button and the shirt fabric, and means upon the other of said leaves of said outer part for attachment to the outer garment for supporting the latter.

6. In a garment-Sn pporter, the combination of an inner part, means for suspending the same, an outer part constituting a clip formed of two approximately parallel leaves, a head or button formed upon one of said leaves, a socket in said inner part for receiving said head'or button and the shirt fabric, and a slot in the other of said leaves for attachment to a button on the trousers.

' 7. Inagarment-supporter, the combination of an inner part having a tongue thereon for attachment to the suspenders, a socket or slot in said inner part having its upper portion wider than its lower portion, an outer part constituting a clip formed of two approximately parallel leaves, a head or button formed upon one of said leaves for entering the upper part of said socket or slot and for being retained in the lower part thereof, and a slot in the other of said leaves for attachment to a button on the trousers.

CHARLES E. HAWKES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. HERRICK, ELI BRANDS. 

